Thursday June 20, 2002

UN FEMINIST COMMITTEE PRAISES MUSLIM TUNISIA FOR ALLOWING ABORTION

First Muslim country to permit abortion

NEW YORK, June 20, 2002 (LSN.ca) - The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women praised Tunisia last week for its "great strides forward" with regard to women. However, one of the "gains in the field of women's health" mentioned in the UN report is abortion.

"Abortion is now part and parcel of human rights for women, which makes Tunisia the first Muslim country to permit it," says the report praising the country for making "efforts to ensure access to basic health care as well as to maternal and reproductive health care." However the committee warned against "persistent gaps" in service. Regarding abortion, the country's report noted, like a communist party report, that "significant gaps remains between urban and rural areas in attitudes towards abortion, and there are 'pockets of resistance' in the south and central west of the country."

"I am very proud of what is happening in Tunisia," one UN 'expert' said.

See the UN report on the proceedings:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2002/wom1348.doc.htm

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